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Pullulate vs Burgeon - What's the difference?

pullulate | burgeon |

As verbs the difference between pullulate and burgeon

is that pullulate is to rapidly multiply while burgeon is to grow or expand.

As a noun burgeon is

bud, sprout, shoot.

pullulate

English

Verb

(pullulat)
  • To rapidly multiply.
  • To germinate.
  • To teem with; to be filled with.

    • Derived terms

    * pullulation

    burgeon

    English

    Etymology

    From (etyl) burjon, . Alternate etymology derives (etyl) (presumably from the down covering certain buds).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) bud, sprout, shoot

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To grow or expand.
    • Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.
  • To swell to the point of bursting.
  • (archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud.
    • Synonyms
    * (grow or expand) blossom, expand, grow, sprout * blossom, bud, green, sprout